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Joe Biden and Ukraine Explained
It is now becoming increasingly clear that President Donald Trump threatened Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky with the loss of military aid unless Ukraine pursued...
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Mysterious New Construction Underway at North Korea’s Sohae Launch Facility
Recent commercial satellite images show new construction work at the Sohae (Tongchang-ri) Launch Facility in North Korea. The new activity comes just days after...
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PODCAST: Danielle Pletka on Trump’s Syria Withdrawal and Mattis’ Resignation
Roughly Explained Editor Taylor Griffin talks with Foreign policy expert Danielle Pletka about the implications of President Trump's surprise decision to pull U.S. troops out of...
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Will Jamal Khashoggi’s Murder Upend the U.S.-Saudi Alliance?
The disappearance and alleged killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi is an inflection point in the U.S.-Saudi relationship. Mounting evidence that the Saudi government, and...
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Axis of Reason Podcast: The Death of Jamal Kashoggi (Guest: Adam Zagorin)
The Trump Administration has made Saudi Arabia the lynchpin of its Middle East strategy. Now, the alleged murder of Jamal Kashoggi, a Saudi journalist...
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China’s Belt and Road and the Geopolitics of Infrastructure
With the Belt and Road Initiative, China is banking on infrastructure for its future security. The U.S. would be wise to do the same.